Beading is a great activity for building important fine-motor skills, but you can also use this educational opportunity with your child to work on creating patterns, counting, and even symmetry. I love that the end of each cord has an aglet on it to make stringing the beads a bit easier without requiring the use of a needle. My daughter, Emily, adored all the brilliant colors of this set–there are so many to choose from!

Bead Bouquet Deluxe Wooden Bead Set by Melissa & Doug

She happily crafted up three long necklaces with several beads left over, and cannot wait to give them to her grandmothers! I am secretly hoping she set one aside for me too. . . . *ahem*